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In the fallout zone: A Cleveland neighborhood

The former site of Tyroler Metals is now a scrap yard with a different owner. The site's smelting operation ran from about 1927 through 1957, state records show.

Kenneth Shefton Jr., 12, left, talks to brother Jonathan, 6, as he makes a sandwich in their house near the former Tyroler Metals lead smelter. The family moved away in April 2012.

Ken Shefton points to where a lead smelter once operated a few blocks from his home near the former site of Tyroler Metals in Cleveland. USA TODAY tested the soil in Shefton’s old yard and found dangerous levels of lead where his five sons had been playing.

Kenneth Shefton Jr. (in yellow) plays with his brother and cousins in the family’s former Cleveland neighborhood.

Ken Shefton sits with son Jonathan, 6, who was diagnosed with a troubling blood-lead level, at their Cleveland home.

McKinley Woodby holds his 15-month-old son, Damien, as the boy's mother, Erin Fink, joins them on the front steps of their Cleveland home in October 2011. USA TODAY's tests found dangerous levels of lead in their yard. The family had recently been alerted by Damien's doctor that the boy had a potentially troubling level of lead in his blood.